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working in partnership with:
Mind is a registered charity in England & Wales no. 219830. SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) is a registered charity in Scotland no. SC008897.
Inspire is a registered charity in NI no. 103470.
Fundraising ideas
Link up with your community
Use your paper chain cut outs in the fundraising pack to
create a decoration for your store, branch or depot! We
know that feeling connected in your community supports
From 9 to 15 May, let’s get together good mental wellbeing. Link up with your community by
asking colleagues, customers or clients to donate £1
and fundraise for mental wellbeing! to write a wellbeing message on a link and add this
to the chain.
We’ve come a long way in our partnership and your
fundraising is changing lives. Community get-together
Read on to find out
Thanks to you, we have raised an incredible £7.5m. what your amazing Mental Health Awareness Week is a great opportunity to connect with others.
From 9 to 15 May, we’d love your support to reach fundraising is doing Why not bring your community together and host a spring family fun day?
our goal of raising £8m to bring communities in communities
Set up classic games such as skittles, musical chairs or pick-up sticks. If the
across the UK
together to improve mental wellbeing. weather is nice, you could even put on a picnic or BBQ. Ask for a £2 donation
to take part.
9 to 15 May is also Mental Health Awareness Week.
We know that feeling connected to our community supports
our mental wellbeing. So, we’re asking you to get your community
together for one final fundraiser – whilst celebrating how far we’ve
come. Together, we can raise £8m!
Although this is your final chance to take part in a fundraising week
for Mind, SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) and Inspire,
it’s not the end for our partnership. We’ll continue working with the
charities throughout 2022 and 2023 to improve mental wellbeing in
communities across the UK.
Quick wins Race to the finish!
5 Ways to Wellbeing Create a wellbeing hamper full of Run, walk, swim, jog, row, rollerskate
feel-good treats, such as chocolate, or dance your way to the finish line
Evidence shows we can all do things to look after our own mental wellbeing
herbal tea, cosy socks and face masks and help us reach the £8m!
and ask customers, colleagues or
1. 3. 5. clients for a donation of £1 for the
Challenge yourself and your
connect take notice colleagues to carry out activities all
with other and be give to chance to win.
others around the number 8. Whether it’s to
people 2. mindful Alternatively, challenge customers, complete 8 miles, 8,000 steps a day
be 4. colleagues or clients to a guessing or creating a route in the figure of 8.
physically learn new game; whether it’s guessing how
active skills Set up a JustGiving fundraising page
many of something are in a jar or
and ask for sponsorship from your
the name of a teddy. Ask for
colleagues, customers and friends.
a £1 donation to take part.
You’ve raised more than £7 million The stories below are from just two of the 8,000 people who have been
supported so far by our new community mental wellbeing services.
so far for Mind, SAMH and Inspire.
This is how you’re changing lives... Your fundraising has
Your fundraising is supporting over 50 new services across the UK to bring
helped Remy
communities together to improve mental wellbeing. I wanted to be more confident in how I spoke to people,
and so I said okay I will go to this group and see what
it’s like. I enjoyed it and went back for more – now they
can’t get rid of me!
It’s all been done remotely and I like it like that. I don’t
80% 79% like crowds, I have anxiety, and that’s why. It’s a really
diverse group of people which makes it really good.
I feel more open and honest – better than before
I joined the group.
Over 8,000 say their mental feel more able I’ve actually been ‘out’ to more people since this project. For ages –
people have been wellbeing has to cope with it took me 4 years to figure this out – but I feel better after saying it
supported to date improved challenges because it feels like there’s a weight lifted off my shoulders.
Remy*, supported by our new services
Our partnership research, Together Through Tough Times,
found four ways that community supports our mental wellbeing.
Your fundraising has
1 Having places to go in your community where you can helped Sarah
connect with other people can help you stay mentally well.
I hadn’t long lost my son and I was finding that quite
hard to cope with. I was obviously very upset, not
coping particularly well. My son used to come in
2 Feeling able to talk about your mental wellbeing with
people in your community is important. Talking is often the
and see me virtually every day, you know?
first step to getting help! This is where the project worker has come in. She’s
often given me the chance just to talk. I looked
forward to being able to talk to her.
3 Getting to know people in our communities can help us And I’m glad now because she gave me a lot of coping skills. One was a
stay mentally well. Taking part in activities together is one sleeping diary, which I did. And they also advised me to write down how I felt
way to meet others. about things, about problems, for example problems my grandson brings to me.
I’m just a different person now, and everybody is saying that.
My daughter can’t believe how different I am.
4 When we feel a sense of belonging to our community,
this can help us get through hard times.
Sarah*, supported by our new services
*Names have been changed and stock imagery has been used to protect the anonymity of this individual.
Banking Make it bigger
your money and better
1. Contact your Member Pioneer to help you engage
Banking Deadline: Saturday 4 June your community and other Co-op local outlets with
your activities.
Reduce cash handling, fundraise online!
You can set up a Co-op online giving page linked to 2. Share your fundraising activity online using
the partnership. Don’t forget to add your hub number #ItsWhatWeDo @coopukcolleagues @MindCharity
or place of work to the page title so we can add this @SAMHtweets @InspireWBGroup and join our
to your running total. Yammer group.
Co-op Food Store 3. For T-shirts, buckets, security seals and advice
Submit cash to ‘Charity of the Year’ through the till on fundraising, call the partnership hotline on
system in store. Customers can also add a donation 0203 995 6188 or email coop@mind.org.uk
to their shop using the till buttons for Mind, SAMH & The team at Petrol Rochester got
4. For those in England and Wales: don’t forget, into the festival spirit to fundraise in store
Inspire. This will be added to your store total. we’re supporting national Mind not your local
For further details on the process, visit ‘How Do I’. Mind charity. Local Minds are benefiting from Kit, Will, Ben and Tom walked 320 miles from
Co-op Funeralcare the partnership through grants from the money Land’s End to Bath and raised a seriously
incredible £11,407!
Branches should bank fundraised cash as normal and you have raised. If you’re setting up a JustGiving
record this in Rainbow under ‘OTHERS /OTHERS’. Please page online, link this to national Mind, not your
include ‘Charity Partnership’ in the description to ensure local Mind, so any funds raised contribute to the
this is recognised as a donation to the charity partnership. partnership total.
Co-op Depots, Legal Services, Insurance and
Support Centre: to bank your fundraised money,
contact charitypartnership@coop.co.uk
Tell us what you have planned and
send photos after your event to
For further support on banking, coop@mind.org.uk
email charitypartnership@coop.co.uk
Top tips for safe fundraising About our partners:
1. Always check the latest government 3. If you’re in a Co-op store, you can now
coronavirus advice for your area when encourage customers to add a donation
planning your fundraising. on to their shop using the till button.
For further guidance visit ‘How Do I’.
2. R
educe cash handling by using
We are Mind. We’re here to fight SAMH is for Scotland’s mental health. At Inspire we support people with
online giving. For help setting up your 4. For more fundraising advice and guidance,
for mental health. For support. We support the mental health and experience of mental ill health and
page, email coop@mind.org.uk. Include email coop@mind.org.uk or visit ‘How Do I’.
For respect. For you. wellbeing of adults, young people their families across Northern Ireland.
your hub/branch number or workplace and their communities.
on your page. For more information, For more information,
visit mind.org.uk For more information, visit inspirewellbeing.org
visit samh.org.uk
Mind provides support in Inspire provides support in
England and Wales. SAMH provides support in Scotland. Northern Ireland.
If you need support or know someone
who does, you can get help today
Contact SAMH
(Scottish Association for Mental Health)
for information and support
in Scotland on
0344 800 0550*
(Lines open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Closed bank holidays) or email info@samh.org.uk
Contact Mind for information and
support in England and Wales on
0300 123 3393*
(lines open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
or email info@mind.org.uk
Call Inspire for information and support
in NI on
0289 032 8474‡
(Lines open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Closed bank holidays)
For UK-wide support
As a colleague you have access
to lots of support for your
wellbeing. You can find details Call Samaritans for support anywhere 24/7 on
of everything on offer here. Text SHOUT for support anywhere on
116 123�
0800 069 8854 or email jo@samaritans.org 85258**
These numbers are also on our website at coop.co.uk/charitypartnership
if a customer or client is looking for support.
* Phone calls from UK landlines are charged at local rates. Charges from mobile telephones vary considerably. The charge for your call will depend on your mobile
phone provider and the contract that you have with them. Mind does not get any money from telephone calls.
‡ This is a low cost number. Callers can receive signposting information for mental health services from this number but it is not a helpline. Those experiencing distress
or despair should call Lifeline 0808 808 8000. Lifeline counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to listen and help, in confidence.
� This number is free to call from both landlines and mobiles, including pay-as-you-go mobiles. You do not need to have any credit or call allowance on your plan to
call 116 123.
** You can text SHOUT free and anonymously from EE, O2, Vodafone, 3, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile, GiffGaff, Tesco Mobile, Lebara, iD Mobile and Telecom Plus.
SHOUT is working closely with all other mobile operators to have the same arrangement, but at this time, cannot confirm that if you are with a mobile operator
that is not listed above that your messages will be free and will not appear on your phone bill.
Mind is a registered charity in England & Wales no. 219830. SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) is a registered charity in Scotland no. SC008897.
Inspire Wellbeing is a registered charity in NI no. 103470.
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